Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneDenunciations of sexual assault in the U.S. Armed Forces shot up 11 percent in 2014 over the previous year to 6,131, due to policies encouraging those in uniform to report such offenses, the Pentagon said Friday.- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Kaieteur News » News
The doctor at the centre of a reported botched abortion that claimed the life of 22-year-old Kamili Arjune, on Good Friday, has been sent on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation. At least, this is according to Chi... - Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Kaieteur News » News
…at FITUG Rally By Sunita Samaroo Placards bearing calls for unity, duty free allowances and a reduction in the Value Added Tax (VAT) were among those brandished yesterday as hundreds of workers tramped through the city wards in cele... - Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneMexico’s oil revenues amounted to 173.7 billion pesos (some $11.3 billion) in the first quarter of 2015, down 42.6 percent from the same period of 2014, the Finance and Public Credit Secretariat said.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneUnemployment rate in Japan fell by 0.1 percent in March, with respect to the previous month, and now stands at 3.4 percent, the Japanese government said Friday.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneCuban leader Raul Castro and Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro presided over Friday’s massive May Day parade and rally in Revolution Square.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneWorkers around the world took to streets on Friday to mark May Day with rallies, some of them exceptional, others turned violent.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe Jamaican Health Ministry is preparing a 10-year plan to provide universal access to health care and reorganize the delivery of health services.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneSurfers have rebelled against the Municipality of Lima after it decided to lay a new road and place rocks on one of the most popular beaches for that sport near the Peruvian capital.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThis Labor Day will be laden with uncertainties and unexpected situations for Venezuela.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneStrong U.S. demand for SUVs and light trucks allowed automakers to post April sales results that were among the best for that month in the past decade, according to figures released Friday.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Rio TimesSaturday’s Rio Nightlife Pick – The world will be watching tonight as boxing icons Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao go head-to-head during the “Fight of the Century” in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Here in Rio ...
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…promises “innovative” approach to insurance industry After decades of absence from the Guyana business community, the New India Assurance Company (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited (NIATT) has re-entered the local insurance industry wi... - Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneTemperature rise caused by climate change could result in one out of every six species on the planet to face the danger of extinction unless appropriate measures are taken, according to a new study published in the journal Science.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from MercoPressUruguay exported meat, offal, meat products and by-products worth 550 million dollars in the year up to 18 April, 8% more than the same period of 2014. Beef exports totaled 454 million in the first months of the year, with the main buyer...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Kaieteur News » NewsThe Linden Dream Team, the youth arm of the Linden Fund USA, will be staging 10 spontaneous activities in addition to their regular ones as they celebrate ten years of service to the community of Linden. According to Chairperson, Donette...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from NYT > AmericasBrazil’s political establishment was shaken on Friday after federal prosecutors opened an investigation into Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from CNN.com - AmericasChile's Calbuco volcano erupted Wednesday, spewing a giant funnel of ash into the sky.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Kaieteur News » News
As A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition launched its manifesto on Thursday last, it used the opportunity to appeal to voters not to allow the incumbent People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to ... - Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights is to give its first ruling on punitive state measures against gays, after examining the case of an Ecuadorean soldier who was expelled for his sexual orientation.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneChevron Corp., the United States’ second-largest oil company after ExxonMobil, on Friday reported net income of $2.6 billion in the first quarter, down 43 percent from the same period of last year, a result attributable to the sharp drop...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Kaieteur News » NewsWith just about a week to the May 11, 2015 General and Regional Elections, the Guyana Elections Commission would like to urge all registered electors to vote for the party of your choice on Elections Day. The voting process is a simple o...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneAt least 21 flights have been cancelled in Lisbon airport on Friday due to a 10-day strike that was called by pilots of Portugal’s national airline, TAP Air Portugal.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Mexico News DailyNewcomers looking to capture a stake in Mexico’s mobile phone market arrived with great fanfare during the past year, hoping to cash in on telecommunications reform and sign up millions FULL STORY The post Targets prove elusive for mobil...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Stabroek News » Regional News(Trinidad Express) Cabinet on Thursday agreed to contribute US $150,000 (almost TT $1 million) to the emergency appeal of the International Federation of the Red Cross to provide vital aid to earthquake stricken Nepal. In making the anno...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Kaieteur News » News
– but insists HIV/AIDS still needs keen attention The goal of improving global health is not limited to fighting the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency (HIV/AIDS). This assertion was earlier this week made by D... - Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Kaieteur News » News
A close friend of murder victim Donessa Barker says that Barker’s alleged killer contacted her yesterday and warned that she would be his next victim. The friend, Sheniza Clarke, had tried to save Barker, after the 28-year-old woman was ... - Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe armed conflict in Yemen has caused more than 1,200 dead and around 5,000 injuries, the World Health Organization reported.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - Latin America & CaribbeanA Mexican army helicopter is shot at in the western state of Jalisco, killing three soldiers, with a total of seven people killed in incidents across the state.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneMexican actress Maria Elena Velasco, best known for her popular film character “La India Maria,” has died, the Mexican Film Institute said Friday. She was 74.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Guyana Chronicle » TOP STORY
DISCIPLINED Services ranks will be vote today at over 80 locations across Guyana and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is “ready,” according to its Chairman, Dr Steve Surujbally.Over 7,400 ranks from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), ... - Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Kaieteur News » NewsLabour Day 2015 activities saw candidates from A Partnership for National Unity/ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) slate, lambast the government for its years of failure towards the public sector. They were also critical of its refusals to ...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneAnother day of protests against police brutality took place in several cities of the United States, and while the manifestations were peaceful in Baltimore, neighboring Philadelphia witnessed several clashes with the police.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from CNN.com - Americas
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe marches of workers through the streets of the Colombian capital on Friday to celebrate International Workers Day ended in disturbances at the downtown Plaza de Bolivar, where some 400 demonstrators armed with clubs and rocks clashed ...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneNot to be afraid of anything, not even the constant beatings she suffered, was what enabled a 22-year-old woman to survive 18 months working as a virtual slave at a Mexico City dry cleaner’s.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneMinnesota Timberwolves small forward Andrew Wiggins lived up to his billing as the top pick in the 2014 NBA draft by being voted the league’s rookie of the year.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Kaieteur News » NewsA Richmond Housing Scheme woman has lodged a report with the police at Anna Regina Police station indicating that she was raped. The police have so far been conducting investigations into the matter. One suspect was pulled in for questio...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Guyana Chronicle » TOP STORY
“AS long as the economy increases, as long as our country continues to grow, I can promise you that we will increase the minimum wage .” This is the assurance of Head of State, Donald Ramotar, to workers on May Day, as many of them gathe... - Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThree soldiers were killed and three remain missing after gunmen, believed to be members of a powerful Mexican drug cartel, fired at a military helicopter forcing the rotorcraft to make an emergency landing amid an ongoing anti-gang oper...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Kaieteur News » News…aunt wants rapist prosecuted Norma James, the aunt of the 13-year-old Wakapoa teenager, who gave birth just over three weeks ago to premature twin babies, wants the man who impregnated her niece to be prosecuted. James said that ever si...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Kaieteur News » NewsAs efforts continue to reduce overall HIV transmission rates in the region, the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) launched a three-year project to build capacities in regional organisations. The project, known as th...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Kaieteur News » News
Cadet Officer Britany Van Lange, of the Guyana Defence Force, was recently presented with a certificate of appointment to the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. Officer Candidate Van Lange received her appointment fr... - Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneSpecies such as whales and dolphins in certain tropical regions, particularly the Caribbean and the Pacific, are most vulnerable to extinction according to a scientific study that analyzed fossils from 23 million years ago.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneSpain’s Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, awarded the Gold Medal for Merit to tennis star Rafael Nadal, who stated that “victory is accomplished through work”
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneGreece has marked an exceptional May Day on Friday as government joined citizens for the first time in a protest calling for an end to austerity policies and restoring the workers’ rights.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneSpending on construction in the United States fell 0.6 percent in March to an annualized rate of $966.6 billion, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe UN confirmed on Friday that next Monday will start the negotiations among the organization and representatives of the opposition, the government and civil society in Syria, whose civil war is in its fifth year.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneActress Sofia Vergara’s former fiance, businessman Nick Loeb, said that he has sued Vergara for the custody of two embryos fertilized by both as he intends to fulfill his dream of becoming a father.
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneFormer Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard will appeal a court ruling barring his candidacy for a seat in Mexico’s lower house of Congress, claiming that President Enrique Peña Nieto was behind the decision.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Dominica News Online » Dominica News Online »Controversial Jamaican artiste, Alkaline, created much excitement when he visited the Digicel store on Great George Street in Roseau on Friday. The artiste is expected to perform at a show at Samaan Park in Canefield on Saturday. His com...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Havana Times.orgWe are planning to come to Cuba for Religious purposes. I am happy that I was able to find your website and I can learn something about Cuba from your website. We would like to find a Russian community in Cuba, can you help us with this?
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The most recent articlesBARBADIAN Shai Hope has been handed his Test debut. The promising 21-year-old batsman has been included in West Indies’ final 11 for the third and final Test against England, which started at Kensington...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverLONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Prince William's wife Kate was admitted to hospital on Saturday in the early stages of labour with the couple's eagerly-awaited second child, Kensington Palace said.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Haitilibre.com / Flash infosThis week, the University of Notre Dame D'Haiti (UNDH) announced plans to launch in Haiti by the summer of 2016, a Master of Business Administration (MBA)...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The most recent articlesBRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and airport officials are reportedly investigating an incident at the Grantley Adams International Airport in which security officers were summoned...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica – The US dollar on Friday, May 1, ended trading at J$115.74, up nine cents according to the Bank of Jamaica daily foreign exchange trading summary.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from TRINIDAD - Featured NewsThis year, Trinidadian designers will once again have the opportunity to shine on the runway in St Lucia’s HOT Couture Fashion Showcase.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Cuba - ACNMillions of Cubans marched on May 1st through squares across the country, united in the construction of socialism and with the aspiration of the present and future victory of the working class in power.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Horace Dalley, says the Government will be working with Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) to restore the organisation’s charity status.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesGEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- The second annual Cayman Airways Invitational Youth Cup begins next Tuesday in the Cayman Islands, heralding a weeklong series of football matches taking place from 5th to 10th May, showcasing the best of C...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The most recent articlesWEST INDIES claimed three wickets in the final session to eek out a slight advantage over England on the first day of the third and final Test at Kensington Oval today. On a day of fluctuating fortunes,...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Tico Times
In one year, a fragmented Legislative Assembly formed by lawmakers from nine parties passed only 47 bills – of which only a few were of substance. - Friday, May 1, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesST JOHN’S, Antigua -- Youth ministers and youth leaders in the Caribbean have called for “strong recognition” of the needs and aspirations of young people at a high-level conference in Antigua and Barbuda. In a joint st...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesMckayla Abbot is our twelfth road fatality. She was four years old when a minivan, HV 848, ran over her head. At a stop. Anthony Charles was the driver and Julian Culzac the conductor. How many more people will minivans have to kill thro...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica Observer>p>KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says results of the air quality monitoring and associated tests conducted during the March fire at the Riverton dump are expected to be released by Tu...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesST JOHN'S, Antigua -- With just one race to go on Friday, several class winners have now been decided at Antigua Sailing Week. Two yachts in particular have emerged as contenders for the overall prize – the Lord Nelson Trophy ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Prensa Latina: Noticias Principales01 de mayo de 2015, 12:50 Bern, 1 May (Prensa Latina) By 2030 up to 170 million hectares (420 million acres) of forest, equivalent to the combined size of Germany, France, Spain and Portugal, could be lost, conservationists have warned.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverTeachers demonstrating at the entrance to Manchester High School yesterday morning against Government's offer of a five per cent wage increase. The Jamaica Teachers' Association, which represents public sector teachers, says the Governme...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Dominica News Online » Dominica News Online »KfC wishes to congratulate 22 year old Curlson Jno Carbon from Castle Bruce. He is the lucky winner of the KFC, win a trip for 2 to St. Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival promotion. The overjoyed winner received the ultimate...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The most recent articlesIT’S 1984, Tom Adams is Barbados’ Prime Minister and Ronald Reagan is in the White House in Washington. That’s not all. A popular catchphrase is “Where’s the beef” and it is deeply embedded in a popular...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica – Former men’s 100m world record holder Asafa Powell will headline a number of Jamaicans who are down to compete at the 11th Meeting Region Guadeloupe, an IAAF Area Permit meet at Baie Mahault tomorrow.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Dominica News Online » Dominica News Online »A man has been injured in an accident in Pottersville on Friday. Details are sketchy but reports indicate the accident involved a motorcycle and another vehicle. The extent of the man’s injury is unknown at this time. The circumsta...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverATTORNEY Valerie Neita-Robertson yesterday suggested to a juror from the Vybz Kartel murder trial that she and her colleagues had agreed beforehand to convict the men and that they would throw a party to celebrate the verdict.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Cuba - ACNThe member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) and First Vice-president of the councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel, heads in this city on Friday celebrations for May Day.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The most recent articlesBARBADIANS ARE BEING URGED to invest in their children because “it is the best investment societies and businesses can make to guarantee their own future success”. Minister of Social Care, Constituency...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica - The Ethio-Africa Diaspora Union Millennium Council aka Rastafari Millennium Council (RMC) and Solomonic Productions will stage a motorcade and soap box march to address the Ganja Bill. The march is expected to take pl...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Havana Times.orgIf I were to write “workplace protection in Cuba,” we would rightly see a catastrophe in this. What people here don’t know or interpret in a distorted fashion owing to the sugar-coated image that sensationalist documentaries offer us, is...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesOn May 7, the people of the United Kingdom will vote in a general election. There was a time when this might have had some bearing on the Caribbean; however, at best and whatever the result, the effect will be marginal for all but Britai...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Caribbean360The post Trinidad nurses call for Health Minister to go appeared first on Caribbean360 .
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The most recent articlesTHE UNITED KINGDOM (UK) remains Barbados’ largest source market for tourists, but new research is suggesting that tourism officials should try to find out why fewer Brits have been visiting the island....
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Caribbean360The post Anti-ageing expert believes he can live to 150 or older appeared first on Caribbean360 .
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The most recent articlesFAST BOWLER Jason Holder grabbed a double strike to give West Indies the advantage over England at lunch on the first day of the third and final Test against England at Kensington Oval today. Holder...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica — Some $10 billion in property taxes per year is needed to sufficiently address the needs of parish councils across the Island.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Costa Rica Star News » Costa Rica News
A woman who left her native Costa Rica for the United States in search of what many people call “the American Dream” will be memorialized this weekend in Florida. Milena Solano Chiri was 38 years old when she was slain in Daytona Beach, ... - Friday, May 1, 2015 from The most recent articlesTHE BAD BEHAVIOUR exhibited by some individuals invading the annual Labour Day parade has caused one major company to pull back from the activity. Barbados Workers Union general secretary Toni Moore...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Caribbean360The post Jamaica’s National Security Minister says DNA law is solid appeared first on Caribbean360 .
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The most recent articlesSADE-MARIAH GREENIDGE has her athletics goals set for the next two years. The talented sprint hurdler wants to qualify for this year’s World Championships in China and the Rio Olympics in Brazil next...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The most recent articlesVICTORIA SMALL, 23, was crowned Miss Barbados UK in a lavish ceremony at Bush Hall in West London two Saturdays ago. The announcement was greeted with loud chants and cheers from the supportive crowd....
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesThe economies of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are not doing well. Belize, Guyana and Suriname are the only three countries whose economies are showing any appreciable growth. The major effect of little or no growth has been in...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverELEVEN-MONTH-OLD Omar Lindo, who was shot and killed by criminals in downtown Kingston early last month is to be buried tomorrow.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesAt the turn of the century, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represented a new approach to address by end of 2015 the greatest development challenges of that time. The goals in 2000 catalyzed the most successful anti-poverty initi...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesCHARLESTOWN, Nevis -- Quentin Henderson who first climbed Nevis Peak (3,232 ft) in October 1987 and many times since, taking hikers to the top of the peak and back, has set himself another challenge that will raise money (in excess of US...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Antigua Observer Newspaper » The Big StoriesSmall aircraft operators have been told that they won’t be left out of the jet bridge experience at the new VC Bird International Airport. Airport IT consultant Nelson Simon said that many LIAT passengers are concerned that the regional ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverIn a move to make land divestment transparent, fair and equitable, Government says it has produced a land divestment Policy framework and procedures manual.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Cuba - ACNJoy and commitment to the Revolution, despite the persistent drizzle, characterized on Friday the march of some 140 thousand people through the Ernesto Che Guevara Complex of Sculptures, on the occasion of May Day.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Dominica News Online » Dominica News Online »Morrison Thomas, of Pointe Michel, was fined $3,000 after pleading guilty to the theft of a male goat before a Roseau Magistrate on Friday. According to reports Thomas stole the goat, valued at $500, belonging to Cyrus Boyer of Pointe...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Caribbean360The post Three Caribbean beauties make FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2015 appeared first on Caribbean360 .
